Development of a monitoring tool for high pressure oil and gas pipelines.
Reference Number
EP/I500944/1
Title
Development of a monitoring tool for high pressure oil and gas pipelines.
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Professor B Lennox
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University of Manchester
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University of Manchester
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 April 2011
End Date
31 March 2012
Duration
12 months
Total Grant Value
£93,743
Industrial Sectors
Mechanical engineering
Region
North West
Programme
Energy : Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Professor B Lennox, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester
Industrial Collaborator
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Objectives
Abstract
Ensuring that oil and gas pipelines remain free of blockages and leakage is a challenging problem and one with enormous financial ramifications. Research at the University of Manchester has led to the development and preliminary commercialisation of an acoustic based system for detecting blockages and leakage in pipelines filled with static gas. An important benefit of the technique is that it is non-invasive and only requires access to one end of the pipeline. The project proposed here will extend the technique further by developing a prototype system that will be suitable for liquid filled pipelines and pipelines containing flowing gas or liquid
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